Bastian

Assume you have done all the research for your visa and etc. If you can get ED visa from consul they will most likely give a non-o for family.

After getting here the following is what I beleive you are asking about.

Thai Immigration website. http://www.immigration.go.th/nov2004/en/ba...p?page=service#

Select change visa.

Look down for the this tab. For a family member of an alien studying in Thailand (applicable only father or mother, spouse, child)

Excellent, that was the type I was looking for, thank you, but is it only available, when the applicant is already in Thailand, changing over from a different visa? What do I need to get this type of visa from the embassy?

Where did you get your ED visa from ?

I am not sure if you mean the embassy/consulate/country or the institution of learning?

The visa is still hypothetical, but I would get it at the embassy in Berlin, Germany, to study at a (real) university.

If I was granted an ED Visa for Thailand, what visa type could my spouse and child apply for to accompany me?

I read something about visa for denpendents, but there was only something mentioned about spouses of people working in Thailand, now you could say, that studying means working hard in the original latin meaning anyway, but it may exclude studying; would I need a B visa for my spouse and child to follow me? What other requirements are there for dependents and what type of visa do they get?

I am in a similar siuation, Al. My 'wife' is Akha, she is a legal resident, but does not have thai citizenship (and she also used to stay in Mae Chan). She has an ID-card, but the first number is a 0, indicating she is not a citizen. She also cannot own land.

Does your 'wife' have an ID-card (pink or white)?

You could try for a marriage in Myanmar, afaik the British India Act of 1872 is still in force there and as Christians you could just step infront of a priest and get married, check the Christian Marriage Act section for details: http://uk.geocities.com/miyamakosuke/e/c/vol11/1872i15e.html